Statements we say are Half-True
Since President Barack Obama took office, "2 million more Americans are out of work."
"Unemployment has fallen from 10 percent during the president’s first year in office to 8.5 percent today."
"We have cut crime across every single zone in the city of Atlanta by between 10 percent and 16 percent, depending on the zone."
The planned expansion of Savannah’s port is a "jobs creating project."
"Republicans are attempting to remove Barack Obama from Georgia’s Presidential Ballot in 2012."
"Five members of [the Common Cause Georgia] board accepted maximum campaign contributions."
Congress gave an unelected board "the power to deny care to seniors."
"The study of the Savannah River Estuary . . . clearly demonstrates the project can be constructed and [environmental] impacts will be mitigated."
"[Former Georgia congressman] Bob Barr voted ... to raise his own pay."
"By fiscal year 2013, the state is expected to wipe through [HOPE scholarship] reserve funds."
"[A]n extra 8 million Americans [are] projected to join state Medicaid programs in the next few years."
In Georgia, "hard-earned lottery dollars are doled out to the scion[s] of wealthy families."
"Current projections indicate that Medicare will go bankrupt by 2017, while Social Security will bottom out by 2037."
Coca-Cola’s CEO "said he finds it easier to do work in China than in the United States."
"We have had over 40 days this summer where it was unsafe to breathe the air."
Under President Barack Obama’s jobs bill, states would no longer have to lay off teachers, firefighters and police officers.
"We [the city of Atlanta] are overbuilt on housing."
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals estimates 200 animals will be spared annually as the result of former President Bill Clinton adopting a vegan diet.
"Recent international reports show the United States near the bottom among industrialized nations for k-12 academic achievement."
Georgia’s illegal-immigration legislation "simply follows existing federal law."
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